NUX Manchester meet-ups are kindly sponsored by AutoTrader. The next NUX Manchester event is taking place on Monday 6th October and will be in the usual place at the Code Computerlove office in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The talk will start at 7pm. UX in a traditional enterprise (without a shoehorn) with Phil Hauser Phil has...

Royal Northern Collage of Music, Manchester ~ 10th Nov 2014 ~ 9.00am-5.30pm NUX3 is an all-day event in Manchester focussed on how an understanding of people can help you define, design, and build better experiences, on the web and beyond. With international speakers from some of the biggest digital brands, the day will provide a...

The next NUX Manchester event is taking place on Monday 4th August and will be in the usual place at the Code Computerlove office in City Centre Manchester. Start time is 7pm. UX IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY with Tom Bradley (BBC Future Media) Tom is interested in helping teams solve problems or try new things using design thinking, creative facilitation and user research. He has been working with people from across the BBC to develop a ‘design sprints’ process that provides a framework to collaboratively explore and test ideas in a cost-effective way. Tom will share this process, demo the tools and explain how to overcome some of the challenges that crop up along the way. About Tom Bradley Tom is Executive Product Manager at, BBC Future Media (Knowledge & Learning). He’s worked at the BBC for 3 years, first as a Creative Director in Children’s, then later in Knowledge and Learning. He has recently moved to the role of Executive Product Manager, shaping the strategic direction for the department, and then creating an environment that brings people from all disciplines together to explore and define how this vision is delivered to the audience. Follow Tom: @TomBradley Tickets Get free tickets here: Event Registration Online for NUX Manchester – 4th August – UX is everyone's responsibility powered by Eventbrite How to find us View Larger...

The next NUX Manchester event is taking place on Monday 2nd June and will be in the usual place at the Code Computerlove office in City Centre Manchester. Start time is 7pm. Conversion Optimisation – Stories From the Front Line with Paul Rouke A look into how a passion for putting users at the heart of online experiences has lead Paul to Conversion Optimisation. Paul presents stories from working in this field with brands at the forefront of their industries and some of the unexpected results they’d have. If you’re interesting in showing the value of User Experience work, hearing how Paul has transitioned in Conversion Optimisation is a must. About Paul Rouke Since 1998 Paul has worked in User Experience with some of the world’s largest brands. He’s the Founder and Director of PRWD a Conversion Optimisation consultancy based in central Manchester who work with brands such as The North Face, All Saints, Schuh, Lakeland and Speedo. Paul is an international speaker and respected Econsultancy trainer on User Experience and CRO subjects. www.prwd.co.uk Follow Paul: @PaulRouke Video Slides Useful resources http://www.prwd.co.uk/conversion-rate-optimisation/cro-resources-case-studies-presentations/ Tickets How to find us View Larger...

The next NUX Manchester event is taking place on 3rd March and will be at the usual place at the Code Computerlove office in City Centre Manchester. Get your free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nux-manchester-3rd-march-creativity-in-organisationscreativity-with-uncreative-client-teams-tickets-10723998769 We’re delighted to welcome back two old friends of NUX: Ian Franklin and Adrian Frost from IdeaSmiths. Creativity in organisations Creativity with uncreative client teams Although we in UX are creative people, our clients and the users we involve in user centred design won’t all be. The challenge we have is getting these people to loosen up and think differently; to get them once again to be the 6 year old for whom the cardboard box was a boat, a train, a house and a spaceship all in the same afternoon. How do we turn the mundane business issue into an exciting challenge, how do we unstick the stuck who are obsessed by the one failed attempt? In a highly interactive session people will be introduced to and get a chance to try out some methods for helping teams be creative, to get them moving from being problem focussed to solution focussed. Getting people to be creative and playful is one thing, the next challenge is to get them to ‘play nice’; so the session will also cover facilitating good team working. Adrian Frost, IdeaSmiths Adrian Frost has 15 years of experience as a facilitator, trainer, organisational development consultant and coach. Formerly the Creativity and Innovation champion at Corus, Adrian’s extensive experience of creativity and innovation includes: training teams in creative problem solving techniques; developing innovation processes including stage-gate and incubator; running creative problem solving and...

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